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Raptors re-sign general manager Bobby Webster to a multi-year deal
The Toronto Raptors have secured general manager Bobby Webster for several more years. The Raptors re-signed Webster, one of the architects of the 2019 NBA championship team, to a multi-year deal on T...
Feb 04, 2021
Raises from pay equity law to land three years after rules take effect, watchdog says
OTTAWA - Canada's pay equity commissioner says the first raises under soon-to-be-enacted legislation should happen by 2024. Commissioner Karen Jensen also says that it may take several more years befo...
Feb 04, 2021
Doctors fear an impending wave of cancer patients after COVID-19 delays
MONTREAL, Italy - While the prospect of mass vaccination has raised hopes of the COVID-19 crisis soon waning, oncologists and cancer researchers say one of its grim legacies may be a lingering increas...
Feb 04, 2021
Woman found dead in Edmonton hotel room was too drunk to consent to sex: lawyers
EDMONTON - A Crown prosecutor is arguing that a man accused of killing a woman in an Edmonton hotel room did not ask for her consent to perform a sexual act that caused her fatal wound. Bradley Barton...
Feb 04, 2021
Remote care saving grace for many COVID patients, hospitals; oxygen monitoring vital
TORONTO - One saving grace amid the devastation of COVID-19 has been that the vast majority of those infected are able to recover at home, allowing hospitals to cope with what would otherwise have bee...
Feb 04, 2021
NHL revises virus protocols with 40 players on COVID-19 list
The NHL has followed the NBA in revising its virus protocols early in the season as a response to COVID-19 problems cropping up around the league. Glass panels have been removed from behind benches fo...
Feb 04, 2021
Montreal police defend probe into alleged cop attack after suspect exonerated
Montreal's police chief is defending his police force after charges were suddenly dropped against a man accused of attempted murder of an officer. Sylvain Caron said today in a statement that police o...
Feb 04, 2021
Riders release Charleston Hughes ahead of CFL free agency
One of the CFL's all-time sack leaders is heading to free agency.The Saskatchewan Roughriders announced Wednesday they had released defensive end Charleston Hughes ahead of free agency. The 37-year-ol...
Feb 04, 2021
Moe ‘not aware’ of Western Hockey League deal for Regina bubble
A tweet from a prominent sportscaster Wednesday night had Regina believed to be the focus of a pandemic-altered Western Hockey League season.Sportsnet hockey host Jeff Marek reported the league had be...
Feb 04, 2021
Indigenous health legislation needed to end racism in health care: Miller
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says the federal government has launched consultations on a law meant to ensure Indigenous Peoples' control over the development and delivery of their...
Feb 04, 2021
